There's nothing in them systemOf which they create all around,eyThey criticize their own IdrenYet they would catch at a straw if they were to drown,ey!They not different from those Scribes and Pharisees who come around,ey!They lurks in the cornersSkylarks in the streets,flirt in the townsThey never do positiveThey find a joy making people business their own,eyDance ah yard before yuh dance abroadThe High Priest tell yuh dat and you dey frown

chorusGalong^,go get good ways,true graceHaffi purge fi pass Zion GateYou haffi have good ways--it give you long daysNah take no bribe from not a screw-faceGo get good ways,good gracePurge fi pass Zion GateYou haffi have some good ways--it give you long daysAw! what do you say? ah tell yuh now

They await your downfallFi go labba and talk--yow!Well dey greater joy ah commissionYuh haffi go have ah knock he jawbone fi laugh,aayy!When Babylon city ah go downPropaganda whey they spread becomes a dagger to them heart,ey!Think say them have a secretThe baby reveal it,say them ah wok witchcraft,ow!Say dem better,so them ah close inContempt the youth them whey they passEvery man is equalRastafari say trod not on the ungodly path

Chorus Go and have some good ways,true gracePurge before yuh pass Zion GateGo and have some good ways--it give you long daysOh! now them tasteSo they medicine they tasteGood ways,long daysNah let go King Selassie through no screw-faceGood ways--it give yuh length of daysNah take no bribe from no screw-faceJust have some good ways--it give yuh length of daysAw! this ah one ah true faithAh tell yuh now

There's nothing in the systemThat they have create aroundOh! they criticize their own high-trine^Yet they would cyah touch a straw if they were to drownDon't you see they're not much different From the Scribes and the Pharisees who come around,yowThey lurks in the cornersSkylarks in the streets......